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Blackstone and his contemporaries /
- Title
- Blackstone and his contemporaries / by Anthony Taussig.
- Author
- Taussig, Anthony.
- Publication
- Austin, Tex. : Jamail Center for Legal Research, University of Texas at Austin, 2009.
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- Description
- xiv, 131 p. : 8 facsims.; 28 cm.
- Series Statement
- Tarlton Law Library legal history series ; no. 10.
- Uniform Title
- Legal history series ; no. 10.
- Subjects
- Note
- Expanded version of a lecture delivered on Feb. 21, 2008 at the University of Texas School of Law. Appendices include Blackstone correspondence and other unpublished manuscript materials relating to the Founder's kin litigation at All Souls College. Cf. Author's pref.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Blackstone's early studies -- The Founder's kin litigation -- Contemporary assessments of Blackstone's arguments -- Blackstone's legal abilities -- Blackstone leaves the London Bar -- Blackstone's reasons for leaving the London Bar -- Viner, Shelburne, and Blackstone's return to the London Bar 1753-62 -- Blackstone's law practice 1762-70 -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Documents drafted or submitted by Blackstone to the Visitor -- Appendix B. Blackstone's cases to counsel and to Sir John Willes -- Appendix C. Letters from archbishops or their advisers -- Appendix D. Archbishop Secker's notes of 1762 hearing.
- ISBN
- 9780935630756 (pbk.)
- 0935630759 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2009484207
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library